"About Cal-Maine Foods
We are the largest producer and marketer of shell eggs in the
United States. In fiscal 2016, we sold approximately 1,053.6 million
dozen shell eggs, which we believe represented approximately 23% of
domestic shell egg consumption. Our total flock of approximately 33.9
million layers and 9.4 million pullets and breeders is the largest in
the U.S. Layers are mature female chickens, pullets are young female
chickens usually under 18 weeks of age, and breeders are male and female
chickens used to produce fertile eggs to be hatched for egg production
flocks.
We operate in a single segment, which is the production, grading,
packaging, marketing and distribution of shell eggs. The majority of our
customers rely on us to provide most of their shell egg needs,
including specialty and non-specialty eggs. Specialty eggs represent a
broad range of products. We classify nutritionally enhanced, cage free,
organic and brown eggs as specialty products for accounting and
reporting purposes. We classify all other shell eggs as non-specialty
products. While we report separate sales information for these types of
eggs, there are a number of cost factors which are not specifically
available for non-specialty or specialty eggs due to the nature of egg
production. We manage our operations and allocate resources to these
types of eggs on a consolidated basis based on the demands of our
customers. We sell most of our shell eggs in the southwestern,
southeastern, mid-western and mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. We market
our shell eggs through our extensive distribution network to a diverse
group of customers, including national and regional grocery store
chains, club stores, foodservice distributors and egg product consumers.
Some of our sales are completed through co-pack agreements – a common
practice in the industry whereby production and processing of certain
products is outsourced to another producer. The strength of our position
is evidenced by having the largest market share in the grocery segment
for shell eggs. We sell shell eggs to a majority of the largest food
retailers in the U.S.
We are one of the largest producers and marketers of value-added
specialty shell eggs in the U.S. For accounting and tax purposes, we
classify nutritionally enhanced, cage-free, organic and brown eggs as
specialty shell eggs. They have been a significant and growing segment
of the market in recent years. During our fiscal 2016 an increasing
number of food service customers, large restaurant chains, and major
retailers, including our largest customers, have committed to exclusive
offerings of cage-free eggs by specified future dates. We are working
with our customers to ensure a smooth transition in meeting their goals,
and have been making and expect to continue to make significant
investments in new and remodeled facilities to meet this demand. In
fiscal 2016, specialty shell eggs and co-pack specialty shell eggs
represented 29.1% and 2.7% of our shell egg sales dollars, respectively,
and accounted for approximately 22.9% and 2.0%, respectively, of our
total shell egg volumes. In fiscal 2015, specialty shell eggs and
co-pack specialty shell eggs represented 27.2% and 2.8% of our shell egg
sales dollars, respectively, and accounted for approximately 19.8% and
2.0%, respectively, of our total shell egg volumes. Prices for specialty
eggs are less cyclical than non-specialty shell egg prices and are
generally higher due to consumer willingness to pay for the perceived
increased benefits from those products. We market our specialty shell
eggs under the following brands:
Egg-Land’s Best®,
Land O’ Lakes®, Farmhouse®, and
4-Grain®. We are a member of the Egg-Land’s Best, Inc. (“EB”) cooperative and produce, market and distribute
Egg-Land’s Best® and
Land O’ Lakes® branded
eggs, along with our associated joint ventures, under exclusive license
agreements for a number of states in the southeast, south central, and
southwest U.S. as well as the New York City area. We market cage-free
eggs under our trademarked
Farmhouse® brand and distribute them
across the southeast and southwest regions of the U.S. We market
organic, wholesome, cage-free, vegetarian, and omega-3 eggs under our
4-Grain® brand. We also produce, market, and distribute private label specialty shell eggs to several customers.
We are a leader in industry consolidation. Since 1989, we have
completed eighteen acquisitions ranging in size from 600,000 layers to
7.5 million layers. Despite a market that has been characterized by
increasing consolidation, the shell egg production industry remains
highly fragmented. At December 31, 2015, 56 producers, owning at least
one million layers, owned approximately 96% of total industry layers and
the ten largest producers owned approximately 50% of total industry
layers. We believe industry consolidation will continue and we plan to
capitalize on opportunities as they arise."
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